Local Government
Modern Georgia
State Government
Post World War II
Hodge Podge
100
decides rules and policies for a county
What is the county commission?
100
Formed to help educate children about the evils of discrimination
What is the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust?
100
40 days
What is the length of Georgia's General Assembly session?
100
Hired the first African American police officers in Atlanta, brought Delta to Atlanta, and formed a biracial coalition
Who was William B. Hartsfield?
100
this person creates the budget
Who is the governor?
200
Examples are divorce, child custody, or law suit
What is civil court?
200
U.N. Ambassador and the first African American representative since Reconstruction
Who is Andrew Young?
200
General Assembly term length in years
What is 2 years?
200
First governor to serve a 4 year term
Who was Ellis Arnall?
200
Product every Georgia colonist had to "manufacture"
What is silk?
300
School system, MARTA, Water Authority
What is a special purpose district?
300
Largest growing minority in Georgia
What is Latino?
300
Presides over the State Senate
Who is the Lieutenant Governor?
300
Expanded the school year to 9 months
Who was Herman Talmadge?
300
Father of the Two Ocean Navy
Who was Carl Vinson?
400
Basic form of city government
What is mayor-council form?
400
Year Olympics came to Atlanta
What is 1996?
400
2 consecutive terms (8 years)
What is the governor's term limit?
400
Benjamin Mays
Who was Martin Luther King's mentor?
400
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What was Brown v. Board of Education?
500
Number of Georgia Counties
What is 159?
500
Reapportionment
What is the redrawing of voting districts every 10 years?
500
Largest state branch of government
What is the executive branch?
500
Drop in cotton prices and farmers moved to the cities
What is the creation of man-made fabrics (nylon, rayon, polyester, etc...)?
500
Head of the Executive Branch
Who is the governor?
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